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Published: 2016-08-21 01:20:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2793; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 3
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Description Illusion never changed
Into something real 
I'm cold and I am shamed
Bound and broken on the floor


I surprised myself by finishing this one in only 4 days. By my standards, that's super fast! (My last piece took 5 weeks O_O;; )

Erik is lying on his Persian rug being melodramatic as usual. (The rug is actually one I own). I just realized that the Mozart piece I chose as DJT was arranged for guitar/violin. I should've chosen one for organ or something. My bad. Anyway, Erik's a plagiarist because I can't be bothered composing a soul-sucking, magnificent piece of music. (Nor would I know how, tbh)

This was done in Manga Studio and Photoshop. Hope you like it

Erik (C) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Lyrics (C) All I Ask Of You Reprise by Charles Hart + Andrew Lloyd Webber

 Tumblr reblog here: ofbeautsandbeasts.tumblr.com/p…

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Comments: 32

menslady125 [2021-04-05 04:54:28 +0000 UTC]

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ElentiyaArt [2019-03-07 18:03:19 +0000 UTC]

I am not ashamed to say I cried. I love how lifelike this came out and the whole thing is so emotional. I'm about at chapter 11 or 12 out of 26 in the book and the chandelier fell and I yelled lyrics to chandalier by Sia

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to ElentiyaArt [2019-03-08 06:33:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it's definitely one of my more melodramatic pieces. I'm touched that it made you cry.

haha, I adore that song by Sia. I love a lot of Sia's work!

This reminds me of that time I bought a small chandelier for my house and my Erik plushie wanted to go for a ride: ofbeautsandbeasts.tumblr.com/p…

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ElentiyaArt In reply to ofbeautsandbeasts [2019-03-08 14:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Lol!! So cute!!!!!

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RieneRose [2017-05-22 02:26:32 +0000 UTC]

Very melodramatic.  Love his eyes here.

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AnneCat [2016-09-27 20:55:46 +0000 UTC]

Wow.  Lots of talent, here!  I like that you chose to do 'book Erik' -- you were just unflinching with that skull appearance!

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to AnneCat [2016-09-27 22:31:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Book Erik is my fave

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valkyrievampire [2016-09-11 02:25:56 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful and I love the detail and expression!

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to valkyrievampire [2016-09-11 03:34:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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Shimarina7 [2016-09-07 17:41:24 +0000 UTC]

Another great job. I love how you made his expression, I can even feel his pain, so touching. By the way, the tone of the colors you chose remarks the emotion in here, it's like you see the end  is close (oh yeah, I think I'm starting to be like an art teacher plz XD) Love this one. 

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Shimarina7 [2016-09-09 00:48:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I like art teacher-esque comments, lol.

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Shimarina7 In reply to ofbeautsandbeasts [2016-09-10 11:15:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome my friend!   Well, that's fine that you like it, because I think that your art deserves something more than ''It's beautifull or I like it'' As a talented artist, I recognize great talent when I see it, and you, my friend, are very talented! (to be honest, the majority of my best works are not in dA because they are...you know... personal things...comics...a lot of them XD including 2004 phantom ones.) But my new project (which will begin when I finish the exams) it's about 23 drawings of kays novel(I have told you before XD) and you inspire me, so that's the reason why I try to see more than a simple drawing in your creations.

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Shimarina7 [2016-09-11 01:11:31 +0000 UTC]

I'm so happy my art inspires you  Sounds like a cool project. I'll check it out once you've got some of it drawn.

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Shimarina7 In reply to ofbeautsandbeasts [2016-09-12 10:17:05 +0000 UTC]

The problem is that the program I use is too old (Adobe Photoshop 6.0) And it's ok to make the characters but very hard to draw the background. How did you do the bakcground of the Nadir and Erik scene?

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Shimarina7 [2016-09-13 04:09:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, backgrounds are annoying. I used Manga Studio 5 to do the background in that drawing. It's a really good drawing program. I like it a lot.

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Shimarina7 In reply to ofbeautsandbeasts [2016-09-13 16:34:28 +0000 UTC]

Is that program very expensive?

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Shimarina7 [2016-09-13 20:25:48 +0000 UTC]

It's actually fairly affordable: my.smithmicro.com/manga-studio…

If you buy the digital version, it's only $25 USD. It works best if you also have a drawing tablet.

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SaphireFLames [2016-08-23 23:14:22 +0000 UTC]

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to SaphireFLames [2016-08-24 17:37:11 +0000 UTC]

hehe, thanks!

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Erik1881 [2016-08-21 18:13:04 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful. 

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Erik1881 [2016-08-22 03:30:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Timebird [2016-08-21 17:14:17 +0000 UTC]

Hi Jaden,

I am glad to see more Leroux-based Erik art from you. You design him absolutely perfect (although I would love to see his fingers even more skeleton like , but that's just my opinion) and the details in the picture are amazing. I really hope you go on with your pictures of the living corpse. How I wish I could draw like that. You have no idea how lucky you can be that you are able to "produce" such awesome art. So jealous .

Best wishes,
Sonja

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Timebird [2016-08-22 03:30:41 +0000 UTC]

hey Sonja, I'm so happy you think I design him perfectly. Yeah, I wish I'd drawn his hands more skeletal too, but I was basing this off a real photo and sometimes hands are really confusing to modify. I'm sure with more practice I'll improve though. Thanks so much for the kind words!

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AmadErik [2016-08-21 11:05:05 +0000 UTC]

WOW! I love this! Awesome work! 

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to AmadErik [2016-08-22 03:25:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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AmadErik In reply to ofbeautsandbeasts [2016-08-29 19:33:37 +0000 UTC]

Most welcome, I love when someone draws Leroux Erik true to the book description  

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phantomsphriend [2016-08-21 05:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.
Poor, sad, unhappy Erik. :,-}

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to phantomsphriend [2016-08-22 03:25:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Sylent-Fantome [2016-08-21 04:29:18 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful truly.

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to Sylent-Fantome [2016-08-22 03:25:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Sylent-Fantome In reply to ofbeautsandbeasts [2016-08-26 01:22:05 +0000 UTC]

most welcome 

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ElyssaJM [2016-08-21 01:54:02 +0000 UTC]

This is seriously gorgeous! I love it!
(Also I think it's cool you use Manga Studio cause that's what I use ^^)

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ofbeautsandbeasts In reply to ElyssaJM [2016-08-22 03:25:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! Yeah, Manga Studio is a pretty awesome program. I really like painting with it. Photoshop is good for adjusting colors and doing lighting effects and whatnot.

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